Hawaii embraces ‘humongous opportunity’ against Stanford in week zero

Theres no mistaking the mood in Honolulu.

Head coach Timmy Chang could feel the shift the moment game week arrived.

Theres definitely a different feel of excitement and all the other things that come with knowing that youre going into your first week, Chang said.

Kind of relatable to the first day of training camp, you know, but this is starting to tighten up everything.

The details matter, he stressed.

Making sure that one youre not tight in how you approach it, but just making sure the details are what you want them and what they need to be to go out there and succeed, Chang explained.

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#BRADDAHHOOD x #GoBows pic.twitter.com/UCPhDPy8Hg Linebacker Jamih Otis expressed a similar sentiment, highlighting the team's overall development and growth.

Spiritually weve grown in these past three, four months with just the new guys, the returners, the defense, offense, you know, just seeing how their chemistry is going, Otis said.

We put in a lot of work through the summer.

A lot of new guys that came in...we are excited.

Chang also emphasized the moment.

Im hearing we are almost sold out right now and now we get to be on Prime Time Network across the country in Week Zero, he said.

Quarterback Micah Alejado added that the spotlight only raises the stakes.

Its a humongous opportunity for us...Just knowing that everybody [is] looking at our program, our team, Hawaiis team...it is special.

Its a blessing for sure just to be on this stage.

As for the matchup, the plan is straightforward.

I think it really starts off with stopping the run, Chang said.

On defense, special teams, were executing and were winning the field position.

On offense, its also just performing and executing what we need to do.

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